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PlaceGoodman Gallery
… of how commercial galleries are structured within South Africa and the continent, as well as the responsibilities of … which in parts reflected the…
From Resistance to Creative Mediation: Writing and Literary Intellectuals’ Influence on the Liberation Struggles and Political Impact on Literary Discourse and Developments
… of abstracts for individual papers and panels for the 2012 Africa Century International African Writers Conference. The … in African history – such as the…
PlaceRustenburg
… this Province, has significance for many groups in South Africa, and its History is complex and rich in variety. The … and the Town has become the fastest…
EventSteve Tshwete is born
… the apartheid security establishment. He then left South Africa the following year and went into exile in Zambia. … commissar for Umkhonto weSizwe. On his…
ArticleCode Name Rae book launch soon
… Britain between 1963 and 1966, before returning to South Africa and settling in Durban. She continued her studies at … was eventually sent to Angola. Pillay…
PlaceKimberley, Northern Cape
… City of the Northern Cape and surrounded by five of South Africa's big rivers, two of them being the Orange and Vaal … 450mm. Kimberley is situated almost in…
EventTwo ANC members convicted of terrorism training
… The state alleged that the two men left the South Africa in August 1982 in order to undergo military training … return in 1985 to Mdantsane Township,…
EventANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow
… as President of the ANC and of the Republic of South Africa.This meeting was the first ever between the Congress … M., (2007). Thabo Mbeki: The Dream…
EventDutch Foreign Minister Luns is asked by the Johannesburg
… eye." In a letter to Luns the committee wrote that South Africa gives a better home to thousands of Hollanders as … wanted to know from Luns what the Dutch…
EventPrime Minister Vorster holds talks with Dr. Kissinger
… the meeting, was his intention of seeing whether South Africa would be willing to contribute to a moderate and peaceful evolution of events in southern…
EventBafana Bafana loses to England
… South Africa national soccer team, Bafana Bafana played England … at Absa Stadium in Durban. The match was to mark South Africa's campaign to host World Cup…
EventDe Klerk resigns as NP leader
… opened the door for the negotiations which, led to South Africa’s first non-racial polls on 27 April 1994. His … due to infighting over its role in post…
EventThe Second General Election is held in the Union of SA
… The second general election was held in the Union of South Africa with the National Party (NP) participating for the first time. The main point at issue was…
EventFormer Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad
… for his diplomatic and negotiating skills in South West Africa (Namibia) during negotiations towards an … “We were there”, a documentation of his time in…
EventGrammy Award winner Miriam Makeba is born in Johannesburg
… US, Makeba discovered that she couldn’t return to South Africa, since her passport had been cancelled. She lived in … in several African countries before…
EventSouth African History Online goes live
… later. Since then SAHO has popularised history in South Africa and become the largest independent history education … societal understanding and social…
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… history from the Oxford University. On her return to South Africa Ginwala completed her legal training. Ginwala got … serving as the speaker of the National…
ArticleEOAN Group
… festivals, annual opera seasons and tours throughout South Africa and the United Kingdom . Presenting works such as … Soweto Blues: Jazz, Popular Music, and…
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… and defending an Ndebele State (visit our 'People of South Africa feature to read more about this). Mzilikazi's War with … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
ArticleWorld War I
… were imperial powers with large colonial territories in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The First World War was … Magazine, December 1918|Phillips, Howard…
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
… The origin of South Africa’s judicial capital goes back to the mid 19th century …
ArchiveSouth African trade unionism in an era of racial exclusion
… in the subject sociology at the University of South Africa. This thesis is an examination of the main tendencies in the trade union movement in South Africa…
ArchiveFrom the margins to the mainstream: the anti-apartheid movement and the politics of agenda-setting in the United States
… movement and United States policy relations with South Africa between 1960 and 1986. The research is based upon an … able to push adoption of economic…
PlaceSteve Biko Bridge, East London
… 1915-1983. Former Prime Minister of the Republic of South Africa, know now as the Steve Biko Bridge, formerly known as … the 20th anniversary of Steve Biko’s…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems by Jan H. Hofmeyr
… clearly describes the political atmosphere in South Africa at the time and the author displays its growing effect … clearly describes the political…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems
… clearly describes the political atmosphere in South Africa at the time and the author displays its growing effect … clearly describes the political…
EventProfessor John Fleming “Jack” Brok dies
… Colony (now known as Eastern Cape). He was one of South Africa’s most distinguished nutritional scientists and … was the founding member and early president…
EventThe first flight in Kimberley takes off
… attempts of this nature, the Aeronautical Society of South Africa was established in 1911. It was the start of the John Weston Aviation Company of South…
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… Title and Dedication - A People's History of South Africa Contents Epigraph - Questions of a Worker Reading … Introduction Part 1 - The Coming of Gold…
PlaceBourke's Luck Potholes
… Hendrik Potgieter. The Sabie River is a River in South Africa and part of the Komati River System. The catchment … is one of the most biologically diverse…